Demolition Collection (page 3)

Demolition of Northumberland House
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for Northumberland Avenue between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment. Date: 1875

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ruins of 1862 Great Exhibition building
A view looking east along the Cromwell Road, London, of the ruins of the building that had housed the Great Exhibition of 1862

Adelphi Terrace in London prior to the demolition of the Adelphi Buildings, a row of neo-classical terrace houses built by the Adam Brothers between 1768 and 1772, in the early 1930s. Date: 1930s

ROYAL MEWS
The Royal Mews just before their demolition, to create todays Trafalgar Square. Date: 1830

Northumberland House
The northern (street) front of Northumberland House at Charing Cross, home of the dukes of Northumberland till its demolition in 1874 to make way for Northumberland Avenue. Date: 1816

Lowther Arcade Demolish
Demolition of the popular arcade, famous for its toys, off the Strand : it will be replaced by a branch of Coutts Bank. Date: 1902

Bastille Demolition Plan
Five years before the Revolution, it is proposed to demolish the Bastille prison and replace it with a public square named for Louis XVI. It could have changed history ! Date: 1784

The garden of No 4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition
The garden of No.4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition had started, 9 October 1959. Date: 1959

IMechE: Storeys Gate tavern prior to demolition in 1912 Date: 1912

Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943
This room at the Natural History Museum, London, was used to show agents what sabotage tools they could use behind enemy lines

Demolition of the Spirit Building in April 2002. Zoological specimens now held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Northumberland Avenue
The road through from Trafalgar Square to the river was made possible by the demolition of Northumberland House in 1874. Date: circa 1910

The Felling of Dimmocks Chimney, Hanley
The Felling of Dimmocks Pottery Works Chimney, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on June 15th, 1905. The demolition of the great chimney was almost an event for a local holiday

Condemned Housing
Lovely old terraced houses, sadly due for demolition. Date: 19th century

Condemned Slums
Condemned slum terraced houses in the North of England, abandoned and boarded up, ready for demolition. Date: 1960s

Dorchester House
Remains of Dorchester House, demolished to make way for a new hotel - The Dorchester. The site was sold in July 1929, to Robert McAlpine in association with Gordon Hotels. Date: 7 October 1929

Demolition of Adelphi Terrace
Two men at work on the demolition of Adelphi Terrace, London, an 18th century block of eleven houses four storeys high designed by Adam

Langham Place c. 1918
All Souls Church and the building site in Langham Place where buildings were demolished to make way for the building of Broadcasting House, London, England

Removing Rock from a Tunnel
Three construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Northumberland House, London
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for a new road between Trafalgar Square and the river. View from the old garden

Swallow St Demolished
Swallow Street during its demolition

Newgate Prison
Old Newgate prison shortly before its demolition to make space for the Old Bailey

Kings Cross Demolished
The demolition of Kings Cross. Date: 1845

Kings X Demolished
Demolition of the Kings Cross, a monument to George IV that served as an exhibition hall, a police station and finally a beer shop. It was not much mourned

Holborn Middle Row
Middle Row before its demolition in the mid-19th century

The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street in the Hands of Beauty
Bank of England in the 1920s. The demolition of part of the building allowed for the public to view the statues for the first time, which can be seen in this image

Demolition of the Temple Bar, London, 1878
Engraving showing the demolition of Temple Bar, City of London, on 12 January 1878. The bar was taken down due to its ruinous state, taken to Theobalds Park near Waltham Cross and rebuilt

Demolition of Hungerford Market, London, 1862
Engraving showing the demolition of Hungerford Market to make room for Charing Cross Railway Station, London, 1862

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947. Heligoland had been a stronghold for German military forces during both World Wars

Paris Rebuilding
Demolition around the Tour Saint-Jacques =-la-Boucherie, extension of the rue de Rivoli

Clearing Rubble
A domestic building site is cleared of rubble and wreckage by a mechanical digger and two haulage trucks

Somerset House 1742
Old Somerset House, in the Strand : before demolition to make way for the present grander edifice, Crowds are watching a procession of the Seald Miserable Masons

Newgate / London Wall
Newgate, in London Wall, was destroyed and rebuilt over and over again, until its final demolition in 1767 : this is how it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Holy Trinity Priory
The Gateway to the Priory of the Holy Trinity, called Christs Church or Christchurch near Aldgate. The structure behind appears to be in the process of demolition

Devonshire Hse Demolish
The demolition of William Kents house, built in the 1730s for the 3rd duke of Devonshire : replacing it is a big block including the Mayfair Hotel

East End Back-To-Backs
Crowded back-to-back working class terraced housing in the East End of London, condemned for demolition

Paris / Rebuilding 1860
The demolition of the walls of Paris : destruction of the Barriere de Clichy - the butte de Montmartre and its windmills seen in the distance

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